Newcastle transfer rumours: Magpies told Leverkusen's Diaby will cost £40m

Wrapping up the Newcastle transfer news, rumours and gossip in the 2022 summer window.

Eddie Howe does not want to waste any time in planning for a busy summer ahead for Newcastle.

The Magpies finished the campaign with a 2-1 win at Burnley to lift them to a 11th in the Premier League table with 49 points. Thirty-eight of those came since the turn of the year, aided by the arrivals of Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimaraes, Dan Burn and Chris Wood in January, and fans are looking forward to further investment this summer given the ambitions of their Saudi Arabian-backed ownership group.

"I was joking to someone that the planning would start on the coach on the way back," Howe said. "Then I had a rethink, it can wait until Monday, but really it starts straight away.

"You have to. The Premier League moves so quickly, the competition is so strong, you have to try and be ahead of the game. We have to try and be sensible about what we do this summer. We know it's a big time for the club."

Dan Ashworth could arrive as Newcastle's sporting director in time for the summer transfer window after negotiations with Brighton reopened (Daily Mail, May 27).

Moussa Diaby - Newcastle United have been quoted a fee of more than £40m for winger Moussa Diaby by his Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen (The Sun on Sunday, May 29).Newcastle want to add Bayer Leverkusen winger Diaby to their attack next season and have made enquiries over a deal for the France international (Daily Telegraph, May 28)

Karl Darlow - Newcastle are set to offer Darlow to Manchester United as part of a deal to land Dean Henderson (The Sun, May 27); Henderson is more likely to leave Manchester United on loan this summer than in a permanent deal, with Newcastle among the clubs